Because the final episode was filmed as a .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12-hour movie, the producers counted it as 5 episodes in the season's production order to the network for broadcasting, for a total of 20 episodes in all. He died peacefully in his sleep on December 7, 2011, in Los Angeles home at the age of 96. He later turned down the opportunity to reprise his role on Trapper John MD because he feared being typecast as a physician. Black Hawk helicopters crash in southwest Kentucky, Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, the U.S. Army said in a statement. The chaos in the camp is intensified by enemy mortar fire on the abandoned tank. Winchester discovers one of the musicians has been brought in dead and that the others have been killed. [9] Another, more lighthearted response to the episode came from an unhappy viewer in Lubbock, Texas, who sent a telegram stating that "Henry Blake has been found in a raft in Lake Lubbock. Im saddened by this tragic loss, and I am working with Army leadership to make sure our troops and their families receive the care that they need in the wake of this accident.. Like many of his cohorts, he got his start in theater before making the jump to television in 1976 when he played Kojak on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He later reprised his role in AfterMash for the shows pilot. Nine US service members were killed after two helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division crashed late Wednesday in southwestern Kentucky, officials said. Harry Morgan starred in more than 100 feature films and television shows. The names of the nine who died in the crash were not released as investigators notify next of kin. On February 15, 1996, Stevenson was recovering from surgery in an LA hospital when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest and died. Who died during the filming of MASH? It was a surprise, it was somebody they loved.